Can sea urchins beat the heat? Sea urchins, thermal tolerance and climate change
The massive die-off of the long-spined sea urchin, Diadema antillarum, a significant reef grazer, in the mid 1980s was followed by phase shifts from coral dominated to macroalgae dominated reefs in the Caribbean. While Diadema populations have recovered in some reefs with concomitant increases in co...
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PeerJ Inc.
2015-06-01
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| Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/1006.pdf |